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Dogs Lyrics

Artist: Roger Waters
Album: In The Flesh Live

You got to be crazyYou gotta have a real needYou gotta sleep on your toesWhen you're on the streetGot to be able to pick out the easy meatWith your eyes closedThen moving in silentlyDown wind and out of sightYou've gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking

And after a whileYou can work on points for styleLike the club tieAnd the firm handshakeA certain look in the eye and the easy smileYou have to be trustedBy the people that you lie toSo that when they turn their backs on youYou'll get the chance to put the knife in

You gotta keep one eyeLooking over your shoulderYou know, it's going to get harderHarder and harderAs you get olderYeah, and in the end you'll pack up and fly down southHide your head in the sandJust another sad old manAll alone and dying of cancer

And when you loose controlYou'll reap the harvest you have sownAnd as the fear growsThe bad blood slows and turns to stoneAnd it's too late to lose the weightYou used to need to throw aroundSo have a good drownAs you go downAll aloneDragged down by the stone

Gotta admitThat I'm a little bit confusedSometimes it seems to meAs if I'm just being usedGotta stay awakeGotta try and shake offThis creeping malaiseIf I don't stand my own groundHow can I find my way out of this maze?Deaf, dumb, and blindYou just keep on pretendingThat everyone's expendableAnd no one has a real friendAnd it seems to you the thing to doWould be to isolate the winnerAnd everything's done under the sunAnd you believe at heart everyone's a killer

Who was born in a house full of painWho was trained not to spit in the fanWho was told what to do by the manWho was broken by trained personnelWho was fitted with collar and chainWho was given a pat on the backWho was breaking away from the packWho was only a stranger at homeWho was ground down in the endWho was found dead on the phoneWho was dragged down by the stoneWho was dragged down by the stone

Comments/Interpretations

by JR Ruby on 6/5/2008 12:03amThe whole album animals is about the level of people in life. The sheep are the exposed people of the world, unknowing and going in the same direction not thinking for themselves. The dogs are the power-hungry business men that think they run everything, untrustworthy and aways out to make the kill. The pigs are the people who are behind it all, the government people corrupt and onky think of themselves..............................